Scale dependence in hydrodynamic regime for jumping on water

Momentum transfer from the water surface is strongly related to the dynamical scale and morphology of jumping animals. Here, we investigate the scale-dependent momentum transfer of various jumping organisms and engineered systems at an air-water interface. A simplified analytical model for calculati...

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Published in:Nature communications 2023-03, Vol.14 (1), p.1473-1473, Article 1473
Main Authors: Gwon, Minseok, Kim, Dongjin, Kim, Baekgyeom, Han, Seungyong, Kang, Daeshik, Koh, Je-Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
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Air-water interface
Animals
Aquatic animals
Design
Drag
Fluid mechanics
Gerridae
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrodynamics
Locomotion
Mathematical models
Momentum transfer
Morphology
multidisciplinary
Robots
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Velocity
Weber number
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Summary:Momentum transfer from the water surface is strongly related to the dynamical scale and morphology of jumping animals. Here, we investigate the scale-dependent momentum transfer of various jumping organisms and engineered systems at an air-water interface. A simplified analytical model for calculating the maximum momentum transfer identifies an intermediate dynamical scale region highly disadvantageous for jumping on water. The Weber number of the systems should be designed far from 1 to achieve high jumping performance on water. We design a relatively large water-jumping robot in the drag-dominant scale range, having a high Weber number, for maximum jumping height and distance. The jumping robot, around 10 times larger than water striders, has a take-off speed of 3.6 m/s facilitated by drag-based propulsion, which is the highest value reported thus far. The scale-dependent hydrodynamics of water jumpers provides a useful framework for understanding nature and robotic system interacting with the water surface. Inspired by semi-aquatic animals, such as water striders and fisher spiders, that can exhibit a unique locomotion mechanism involving jumping on water, the authors find the scale dependency of water jumping performance and verify it with a theoretical model and robots with improved jumping performance.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-37119-2